NAME: NORMAN LARGE (STAFF)

BORN: 1963 LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, UK

BIRTH NAME: ERIC NORMAN

APPEARANCE: 225CM TALL, RED HAIR, MUSCULAR BUILD

FAMILY BACKGROUND:
BOTH PARENTS DIED IN HOUSE FIRE IN 1970. LARGE'S BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS ALL HAD CAREERS AS CHERUB AGENTS

FAMILY STATUS: LARGE LIVES WITH HIS LIFE PARTNER GARETH BROOKS, AN ACCOUNTANT. THEY ADOPTED A GIRL, HAYLEY, IN 2002.

CURRENT STATUS: TRAINING INSTRUCTOR

SECURITY CLEARENCE: NOT REQUIRED

1970 JOINED CHERUB AGE 7

1976 RETIRED AS AGENT AFTER ONLY 8 MISSIONS, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SIZE.

1976-81 ETON COLLEGE

1981--84 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, DEGREE IN ECONOMETRICS

1984 JOINED BRITISH ARMY AS OFFICER CADET, PARACHUTE REGIMENT.

1991 WINS BRAVERY MEDAL AFTER THE GULF WAR

1993 BECOMES S.A.S. TRAINING OFFICER

1996 REJOINED CHERUB AS PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR.

2000 PROMOTED TO HEAD OF BASIC TRAINING.

2006 DEMOTED TO REGULAR TRAINING INSTRUCTOR FOLLOWING DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

2007 RESIGNED FROM CHERUB STAFF.

"NORMAN RETIRED AS A CHERUB AT AGE 13. HE WAS ALREADY 6FT 2IN TALL, FAR TOO LARGE TO GO ON UNDERCOVER MISSIONS POSING AS A CHILD.

"NORMAN THOROUGHLY ENJOYS HIS JOB AS AN INSTRUCTOR. WE HAVE HAD TO REPREMAND HIM ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS WHEN HE HAS DISHED OUT EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENTS TO TRAINEES"
DR TERENCE McAFFERTY, CHAIRMAN